Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 7: a young man wears the Shoes and gets stuck in the railings
Tests: 3 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 280 of the books course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose.
Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.
Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗
yo, where did the watchman's body end up after it looked dead?
- 1. the police, duh — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the church, lol — no support
- 3. home, duh — no support
- 4. the hospital, duh — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
dude, what did the watchman leave on the floor?
- 1. the galoshes he left by the door, bro — no support
- 2. his umbrella, bro — no support
- 3. the galoshes, bro — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 4. like the old galoshes from the hallway, bro — score 9
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 278, line 5: «The watchman finds a pair of galoshes, puts them on, and wishes he could change places with the lieutenant.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «watchman» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «galoshes» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
so when he got his head stuck, what did he say?
- 1. "I wish my head would get through this" — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. "get my head through" — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. "oh my god, stuck" — no support
- 4. "ugh, get me out" — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
lol, how did his head go through the bars?
- 1. it slid right through — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. it slid right through like butter, no cap — score 4
- 3. it popped right out — no support
- 4. it went through fine — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 280, line 10: «What happens: he says "Would to Heaven I had got my head through!" and his head slips through "easily and without pain."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «slip» (+5). Against it: the same doer «head» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
why couldn't the rest of him get out, like for real?
- 1. his body was way too big for those bars, honestly — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. he was kinda heavy — no support
- 3. he was tiny — no support
- 4. he was way too chunky — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, what did he wish for to get free?
- 1. head loose, finally — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. that his whole head were loose, finally, lol — ← Mova's choice · score 12
- 3. he wished his head would come off completely and just roll out — no support
- 4. neck bent, finally — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 12, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 280, line 4: «Finally he wishes his head were loose, and he is free, so he hurries home to his room.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+7); the same property (+3); the same doer «head» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
where did he bolt to after he got out?
- 1. the street, obvs — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. back to his tiny room upstairs, obvs — no support
- 3. his room, obvs — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. to the theatre bar and then his room, obvs — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
what was that poem called, no cap?
- 1. My Uncle's Spectacles — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. My Aunt's Spectacles — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. My Aunt's Spectacles and the Stranger's Fortune — no support
- 4. The Aunt's Glasses — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
who wrote that poem, like for real?
- 1. C. Dickens — no support
- 2. Ibsen — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. H. Andersen — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Some guy — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 33, line 2: «Summer ends. Frost and mud keep them indoors, the river races past too fast for boating, and the Rat sleeps a lot and writes poems by the fire. The animals tel…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «write» (+4); the same thing acted on «poems» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
what was the aunt's big thing, lol?
- 1. palm reading, bro — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. fortune cards, bro — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. cooking, bro — no support
- 4. tea leaves, bro — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
where did they read the poem, the theatre or what?
- 1. the little theatre on King Street, duh — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. King Street theatre, duh — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. the town hall, duh — no support
- 4. some tiny theatre way over on King Street, bro, duh — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
what did he think of the ending, be honest?
- 1. honestly kinda meh, bro — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. kinda lame but whatever, bro — no support
- 3. totally insignificant and way too long, bro, no cap — no support
- 4. totally insignificant, bro — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
what did he want the spectacles for, lol?
- 1. reading people's minds — no support
- 2. peeking in people's hearts — ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 3. looking at everyone's secret hearts and thoughts, lol — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 4. checking people's pockets — no support
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 280, line 17: «His thought: he wants spectacles to look "into people's hearts," which he finds more interesting than the future.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «look» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · right ✓
wait, what shoes was he wearing at the show?
- 1. the Shoes of Fortune, bro — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 2. the Shoes of Fortune he borrowed from the watchman, bro — no support
- 3. the Shoes of Luck, bro — score 9
- 4. the galoshes he found by the door, bro — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 279, line 10: «The shoes cause the change: "It was the shoes that caused the metamorphosis," so the watchman takes on the lieutenant's thoughts and feelings.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «shoes» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «change» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which place did the watchman's body first reach after it appeared dead?
- 1. The station — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. The hospital — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. The local hospital ward downtown — score 4
- 4. A distant hospital on the far side of town — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 143, line 4: «The Tortoise reaches the goal first, and the Hare wakes with a start and runs at his fastest, too late.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
What object did the watchman leave behind on the floor?
- 1. A hat — score 4
- 2. The galoshes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 3. The lantern — score 4
- 4. Gloves — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 278, line 5: «The watchman finds a pair of galoshes, puts them on, and wishes he could change places with the lieutenant.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «watchman» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «galoshes» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the title of the poem recited at the King Street theatre?
- 1. The Aunt's Spectacles of Fortune and Fate — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. My Aunt's Spectacles and the Strange Nephew — no support
- 3. My Aunt's Spectacles — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The Shoes of Fortune — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
What did the young man wish for when he was trapped in the railings?
- 1. That his head were loose — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 2. That the iron bars would bend back for him at once — no support
- 3. That he could slide out of the railings like a cat — no support
- 4. That his neck were bent — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 280, line 4: «Finally he wishes his head were loose, and he is free, so he hurries home to his room.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+7); the same property (+3); the same doer «head» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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